Vijay Hazare Trophy: Why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi missed Bihar’s match against Manipur

At conscionable 14, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s cricketing travel has taken an bonzer crook — from rewriting home records to being honoured connected India’s biggest civilian signifier for children.

The Bihar batting prodigy is not portion of his state’s Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture connected Friday, not owed to wounded oregon nonaccomplishment of form, but due to the fact that helium is successful New Delhi to person the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, India’s highest civilian grant for youngsters.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Sooryavanshi arrived successful the superior connected Wednesday and is acceptable to beryllium conferred the prestigious honour astatine a ceremonial astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan, wherever President Droupadi Murmu volition felicitate the awardees. The juncture volition beryllium followed by an enactment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a uncommon and inspiring infinitesimal for a teen inactive astatine the commencement of his cricketing life.

The grant explains his lack from Bihar’s ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign. According to his puerility manager Manish Ojha, Sooryavanshi had to study aboriginal successful the greeting for the ceremony, making him unavailable for Friday’s lucifer and the remainder of the tournament. While missing competitory games is ne'er casual for a young athlete, the nationalist designation represents a milestone fewer sportspersons acquisition truthful aboriginal successful their careers.

Sooryavanshi’s enactment for the Bal Puraskar comes connected the backmost of a jaw-dropping show that stunned the home circuit. In Bihar’s opening Vijay Hazare Trophy lucifer against Arunachal Pradesh, the left-hander smashed 190 disconnected conscionable 84 balls, laced with 16 fours and 15 sixes. He reached his period successful lone 36 balls, becoming the youngest centurion successful List A cricket, and powered Bihar to a world-record 574/6 successful 50 overs.

The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is awarded annually to children aged 5–18 for exceptional achievements crossed fields specified arsenic sports, bravery, innovation, subject and societal service. For Sooryavanshi, it recognises not conscionable 1 innings, but a assemblage of committedness that has marked him retired arsenic a uncommon talent.Following the ceremony, the teen is expected to articulation the India Under-19 squad, with preparations underway for the upcoming U-19 World Cup successful Zimbabwe starting January 15.